OK, I've been doing a lot of reading on this site for around a year now I think and I think I've finally convinced myself to take the plunge and try and build a set of DIY speakers for use in my HT setting. I think for my needs and budget the Natalie P design in a tower formation will work well for me. I think I'll use one of the WMTW designs in dawaro's thread for the center speaker. I'll probably use the Modula MT design for the rear speakers. I'm planning on using the RS28A tweeter for all of these speakers.
Now...from what I understand these speakers probably won't really make my cheapo Denon receiver very happy so I'll probably have to go ahead and upgrade to seperates while I'm at it. I'm pretty sure I've decided that I want to go with one of the GC chipamps due to their relatively low cost and their reportedly good sound. I was think that five LM3886's from chipamp.com in the mono channel configuration might work well for me (this is definitely an area that I will take suggestions from those of you that are in the know as I know very little about amplifier design).
This then leads me to a pre-amp. I could probably use my Denon receiver as a pre-amp for a while if I really need to but from the reading I've been doing I think that an Outlaw 950 will suit my wants quite well. I don't need any fancy video switching or anything like that and I'd like to stay ~$500 if possible and this seems to be the going rate for these amps used.
Well, that's my plan (subject to change at any moment :P ). I'd really like to hear your thoughts and whether or not anyone sees any glaring holes in my proposed plan. Specifically I'd like to hear thoughts on my choices for amplification and whether or not you feel the LM3886's will work well with the speakers I'm planning on building. I believe CJD said somewhere in his amplifier thread that a good quality 5 channel chip amp could be made for ~$400. So my amplification budget is under $1000 if possible. If not I can always buy stuff over time and do it that way.
Now...from what I understand these speakers probably won't really make my cheapo Denon receiver very happy so I'll probably have to go ahead and upgrade to seperates while I'm at it. I'm pretty sure I've decided that I want to go with one of the GC chipamps due to their relatively low cost and their reportedly good sound. I was think that five LM3886's from chipamp.com in the mono channel configuration might work well for me (this is definitely an area that I will take suggestions from those of you that are in the know as I know very little about amplifier design).
This then leads me to a pre-amp. I could probably use my Denon receiver as a pre-amp for a while if I really need to but from the reading I've been doing I think that an Outlaw 950 will suit my wants quite well. I don't need any fancy video switching or anything like that and I'd like to stay ~$500 if possible and this seems to be the going rate for these amps used.
Well, that's my plan (subject to change at any moment :P ). I'd really like to hear your thoughts and whether or not anyone sees any glaring holes in my proposed plan. Specifically I'd like to hear thoughts on my choices for amplification and whether or not you feel the LM3886's will work well with the speakers I'm planning on building. I believe CJD said somewhere in his amplifier thread that a good quality 5 channel chip amp could be made for ~$400. So my amplification budget is under $1000 if possible. If not I can always buy stuff over time and do it that way.
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